Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and WaterTower Music Release the Theme Song From THE CAT IN THE HAT

“The Cat in the Hat Theme Song” is written by Olivier Award winner Tim Minchin and performed by FITZ & Tim Minchin featuring Bill Hader

GRAMMY Award winner Lorne Balfe scores Warner Bros. Pictures Animation's first feature film, with the full soundtrack album arriving from WaterTower Music

BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and WaterTower Music today released “The Cat in the Hat Theme Song,” an original song at the center of THE CAT IN THE HAT, the studio's first full-length feature film and the beloved character’s animated theatrical feature film debut, in theaters and IMAX® November 6. Written by Tim Minchin and performed by FITZ & Tim Minchin featuring Bill Hader as the Cat, the track is produced by GRAMMY Award winning composer Lorne Balfe and Minchin. Balfe also composed the film's score. The full soundtrack album arrives from WaterTower Music on October 30, 2026.

The song is exactly what its subject would want it to be, which is to say a piece of self promotion with a horn section. It is the Cat's own theme, written from the inside out, and it sets the tone for a film built by artists who were given room to play.

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THE THEME SONG

Minchin, the Olivier Award winning composer and lyricist behind Matilda The Musical, wrote the song from the Cat's point of view. Balfe produced the instrumental bed and the track features FITZ, the Los Angeles singer and songwriter who fronts Fitz and The Tantrums, alongside Minchin and Bill Hader in character as the Cat. Vocal production is by Sam Farrar, with additional production by Sam Farrar and Ritch Aitken.

“To be able to be a part of Cat in the Hat is a dream come true. It’s a through line from my childhood to my kid's childhood. And hopefully it earns me a few cred points with them!”

— FITZ, singer and songwriter

“I love this beautiful reimagining of the story of The Cat In The Hat, and was pumped when the team asked me to write his song. The question we asked ourselves was, ‘if The Cat (being a genius, but perhaps not exactly a gifted songwriter!) made up a little theme tune to sing to himself when he was on his missions, what bonkersness would he come up with? And how would we lowly humans then translate that bit of Cat insanity into an absolute banger?’ Well… Voila!”

— Tim Minchin, songwriter

“From the first conversation, we knew the Cat in the Hat had to have his own special and exciting soundtrack that reflected his fun personality. He is an agent of chaos, a lover of joy and silliness, and a fan of singing his own theme song. Tim gave us that hilarious and addictive song, Lorne built a live band around it that sounds like it is having just as much fun as the Cat as they try to keep up with his energy, and then FITZ and Bill got in a room together and the whole thing took off! We’re so proud to have a theme song that is just as fun and irresistible as our Cat!”

— Erica Rivinoja and Alessandro Carloni, directors

THE SCORE

Balfe, whose credits span the Mission: Impossible franchise, The LEGO Batman Movie, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and The Crown, built the film's score around live big band performance, arranged by Chris Egan and conducted by James Brett. Sessions were recorded and mixed by Peter Cobbin and Kirsty Whalley at Abbey Road Studios and at the Warner Bros. Eastwood Scoring Stage. Two of the film's original songs were written by its directors, and the USC Trojan Marching Band appears on a rendition of “Shake It Off.”

“Music is such an important part of the world of Cat in the Hat. From the very beginning, the focus was on creating something that captured the wonderfully anarchic spirit of the character while staying true to the imagination and wit of Dr. Seuss. Working with Tim Minchin was a huge part of that. He's an incredible storyteller, and bringing together music, character and narrative in a way that felt mischievous, unpredictable and full of personality was a real joy. His musical sensibility was a natural fit for the world we were creating.”

— Lorne Balfe, Producer and Composer

THE SOUNDTRACK

THE CAT IN THE HAT (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) will be released by WaterTower Music on October 30, 2026, with music by Lorne Balfe

THEME SONG CREDITS

“The Cat in the Hat Theme Song” (feat. Bill Hader)
Written by Tim Minchin
Performed by FITZ & Tim Minchin (featuring Bill Hader)
Produced by Lorne Balfe and Tim Minchin
Vocal Production by Sam Farrar
Additional Production by Sam Farrar and Rich Aitken
FITZ appears courtesy of Elektra Records / Atlantic Records
From THE CAT IN THE HAT (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), available on WaterTower Music

ABOUT THE CAT IN THE HAT

Meet the Cat in the Hat you don't know. In the wonderfully whimsical tradition of Dr. Seuss, The Cat in the Hat comes to the big screen in his animated theatrical feature film debut, an all new, epic adventure with an edge, where mischief, magic and mayhem reign supreme. Doing what he does best, the Cat, voiced by Bill Hader, spreads joy to kids in his hilarious, signature and singularly irreverent way, transporting them and audiences on a fantastical journey through a world they have never seen before.

In the film, our hero takes on his toughest assignment yet for the I.I.I.I. (Institute for the Institution of Imagination and Inspiration, LLC): to cheer Gabby and Sebastian, a pair of siblings struggling with their move to a new town. Known for taking things too far, this could be this agent of chaos's last chance to prove himself, or lose his magical hat.

Starring alongside Hader are Matt Berry, Quinta Brunson, Xochitl Gomez, with Giancarlo Esposito, and America Ferrera. Tituss Burgess, Bowen Yang, Paula Pell and Tiago Martinez also star.

The Cat in the Hat is directed by Erica Rivinoja and Alessandro Carloni from their own screenplay, screen story by Caroline Williams, based on the book by Dr. Seuss. It is produced by Daniela Mazzucato and Jared Stern. The executive producers are Bill Hader, Susan Brandt, Bill Damaschke, Kelly Marcel and Steve Zissis, Tim Story and Alex Timbers. It is edited by Dan Molina, with music by Lorne Balfe.

Warner Bros. Pictures Animation's first full length feature film, The Cat in the Hat, comes to theaters and IMAX® across North America on November 6, 2026, and internationally beginning 4 November 2026. It will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.

ABOUT WARNER BROS. PICTURES ANIMATION

Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, led by President and Chief Creative Officer Bill Damaschke, is the dedicated theatrical animation division of Warner Bros. Pictures and part of Warner Bros. Discovery. Headquartered in Burbank, California, in a Frank Gehry-designed facility adjacent to the Warner Bros. lot, WBPA produces animated feature films across a range of styles and storytelling traditions, in partnership with leading creative talent and international studios. The division builds on Warner Bros.'s century-long legacy of working with iconic directors and visionary up-and-coming filmmakers.

ABOUT WATERTOWER MUSIC

WaterTower Music, the in-house label for Warner Bros. Discovery, releases recorded music as rich and diverse as the company itself. It has been the soundtrack home to many of the world's most iconic films, television shows and games since 2001.